Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2001 17:49:00 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Possible virus Message-ID: <20010406174900.C23928@redhat.com> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.11i In-Reply-To: ; from Reginald.Charney@openwave.com on Fri, Apr 06, 2001 at 02:34:06PM -0700 On Fri, Apr 06, 2001 at 02:34:06PM -0700, Reginald Charney wrote: >FYI, > >In downloading cygwin today, by virus detection software (McAfee VirusScan >w/SP v4.5.0.534) claimed that the file: > > >C:\My Download >Files\contrib\postgresql\postgresql-7.1RC2-1.src.tar.gz\postgresql-7.1RC2-1. >src.tar > > >was infected with a virus that it could not clean or fix. I have to wonder how a file which (I presume) contains no executable files could be considered to be "virus infected". cgf -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple